The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-05
A LARGE OFFER.
Mr.. Barclay Refuses to Sell Bendige
for 100000.
From the London TeLeQrdph


From the London Telegraph
On Friday last Mr.. H. T. Barclay, the
owner of Bendigo, received telegram
from Mr. Harry Wright, of Fleet street, Of
fering him G20, 900 down and other contin-
gencies for his noble steed. The contingent
ciesin question are that Bendigo is to re-
main under the charge of Jousitfe, his pres
emit trainer, until he has run out any en-
gagements for which Mr. Barclay may
think proper to start him; that half of any
stake that Bendigo may win shall be PAID
to Mr.. Barclay, and, finally, that Mr. Bar
clay shall have the annual privilege OF send
ing three mares gratis to his old favorite. 1t
is a splendid bid for, perhaps, the grsndest
horse in the world. We are aware Of no in
stance in which horse, either in this or any
other country, has ever been sold for a.
large a sum as Il, ZOO guineas.
The biggest prices actually given, Tor
horses were about 914, 300 paid by Lord.
Dupplin to Mr.. Gosden for Petrarch; IN
900 paid by the Duke of Westminster to Mr.
Robert Peck for Doncaster; Il, 500 guneas
paid by the Gotham Stud Company to the
executors of Mr.. Blenkiron for Blair Athol;
and like sum paid by Lord Hastings 10
Mr. Padwick for the worthless kangaroo
In three out of these four instances tnepul,
chaserS had the best of the bargain Loru
Dupplin won the 1000 guineas, the DoncaS,
ter st. Leger and one or two other slhaH
stakes with Pet-arch: the Duke OF west
minister has to thank Doncaster for Two Der
bys, 1000, a 1000 and a Doncaster o. I
Ledger, won by son, a daughter, ana q
grandson of the Derby winner in le'5' anu
Blair Athol, whose service fee ranged III
many years from 100 to 200 gulneas Is Slu
TO have recouped the Gotham Stud Conl-
pany twice over for his purchase mont.
kangaroo alone failed to pay one Oh nv
most spirited and princely patrons tnat .no
turf has ever boosted seeing that he never
won race for Lord Hastings, and was
eventually sold for few soverelgns.
Within our own time Mr.. Henry SavI E,I
said to have refused 1900 gulneas lor ~.
more, Mr.. Wordsworth a like sum ipi
Springfield. and Mr. F. Gretton 20 wv sun
cas- for Isonomy 1t is doubtful, no"eVIl,
whether in any of these three instances u.
offer, il it ever was made at all, was nav.
in good faith, Each of the three ownsi. =
question was rich man, and eaca ~ IA,
known to be 'passionately ATTACHED " A'
horse ~y tt E. NJ,
Bendigo was bred in 1880 ~ Che late NJ,
M. Taylor, an Irishman and Tas so q ~ Vim in
Curragh in 1889 to Mr.. Connollyfor ~ sc IN,
csc. LII 1000 MT. DdTcidy "a ," i|0'4 sau in
Curragh September meeting, ana Ien q,
love with him and at once purchased nil NJ
$50 guineas. Down to that day the COW u. IN
never run in public, and Mr., Barclay poU snd
him by reason of his faultless snap ..b
make. After running for the Cessre T.srcs
Bendigo coughed few times, ana ,,Hisb
put strong blister upon his tlroaV ever.
stripped off the hair. But the morse ~ as
left an oat between the two races, tS-"rA
the flag fell for the Cambridgeshlre Fl o -n,,
assured an old friend that Bendigo was
to beat Medicus, the first favorite. t,rosr
Bendigo is one of the few ainlilas9 ,, nn
on the English turf who has kept on llnt
ing until his 9TH year, crc ,I Jonb-
which the great Lord Jersey woulu having
less have attributed to his never Ia var
been stripped in public until his third ye-.
No finer, sounder, or more courage oucteys
NAL than Bendigo ever answered III
call in this or any other country am any, hee
natural that his sporting owner snSu mar
fond of him as an Arab sheik Is OIL a, ,nsb
they set more store by female thal 3; p
specimens of the equine race IN Ara 'I vi
tI.na) sprung from the Prophets Dreeuansld
20.OO0 down is an altogether UNI hn NJ
sum TO offer even for such a horse, iass 70
IL remembered, is hardly equal ~ Lem. t Or |
Priam or Plenipotentiary, to loucHT1h, RIA Her
Bay Middleton, to Blair Atnoi Vi -
NIT toIlowins
The offer was declined in the ionO
terms. rD-,dav Msy
TURF CLUB, PIccApILLY, s,:s.s,sivrd
13.-Dedr Sir: | have only JusV rousife
your letter forwarded on to me by J yeSpect
Your offer is most liberal in every ,1 frfisnd
but the old horse has been TOO elort and
TO Inc to part with him at prsesrd befcs
things will have to be going very n''
/ ever do sell him. Yours truly ,crAna
sis~Fsrs'H EDWoKTH i. oASS